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Legend has it that in medieval times, a knight and his lady were walking along the side of a river. He picked a posy of flowers, but because of the weight of his armour he fell into the river. As he was drowning he threw the posy to his loved one and shouted "Forget-me-not." It was often worn by ladies as a sign of faithfulness and enduring love.

Theory: Menma wished Jinta to get the flowers for her because they were on a dangerous place on the steep cliff. After Jinta ran out, she wanted to patch things up with him by getting some of the "forget-me-not flowers". She ends up as the knight in the legend.

Great to see Jintan going back to school! But I'm wondering (and worried) for whom this note might be directed to, it's shown on the preview at the end of ep5. It says something on the lines of "Die!", I think.

Anaru? (girl fingers + might be from her nasty "friends")
Tsuruko? (no nail polish unlike Anaru + might be from a Yukiatsu admirer jealous of her always being with him? lol)
or Jintan? (though it's very unlikely)

Theory: Menma wished Jinta to get the flowers for her because they were on a dangerous place on the steep cliff. After Jinta ran out, she wanted to patch things up with him by getting some of the "forget-me-not flowers". She ends up as the knight in the legend.

That ignores the 'it can only be fulfilled when everyone is together' part.

Anaru? (girl fingers + might be from her nasty "friends")
Tsuruko? (no nail polish unlike Anaru + might be from a Yukiatsu admirer jealous of her always being with him? lol)
or Jintan? (though it's very unlikely)

Oh nevermind this I'm watching the ep now

Spoiler:

it's actually Anaru herself writing it, followed by a very adorable moment with Jintan and her. I am quite relieved for a moment.

Other than the fact that the warning flag for Jintan to have a disease has gone up. This is my best guess at the ending.

Spoiler for Theory of life:

I think he really is dying, hence the many references to Jintan's mum. However my gut feeling tells me the ending has a 50% chance to end in his death. Seeing as how its running against Hanairo written by the same author I think one will end with an ending that gives a very melancholy feeling I betting more no AnoHana for that kind of ending than Hanairo.

But on the other hand,there is the 50% chance that the Memma 'ghost' will have the ability to grant something like a wish after her 'wish' is fufilled; Than at the end she will be able to cure Jintan. Her parting words will be along the lines of moving on and they say the 'I loved you'.

Also thanks to Menma who before leaving tries to bring Anaru and Jintan together. At the end all the Anaru/Jintan fans will be happy because he starts to show at least some affection.

Personally I have no expectation and who knows whether a 360 twist will happen and Anaru goes with Yukiatsu while Jinatan and Tsuroko get together... XD

I also think this is reading too much into it. The first one looked genuine, while the second was used for purely comedic purposes. As for Menma's "conversations" with Jintan's mother, I believe it's because being dead, she's the only one she can actually relate to.
Even if I find the theory that he's the only one who can see Menma becaue he's dying as fascinating, I believe that 5 remaining episodes are not enough to go that deep into it. For how I see things, there are other matters on their way, I'm still waiting for Tsuruko and Poppo's own memories of that day, and the diary might be a key for at least one of them. Plus the group shall totally reunite (as of now it's kind of split in a 3+2) , figure the mistery, solve it and then have the final resolution.

I also think this is reading too much into it. The first one looked genuine, while the second was used for purely comedic purposes. As for Menma's "conversations" with Jintan's mother, I believe it's because being dead, she's the only one she can actually relate to.
Even if I find the theory that he's the only one who can see Menma becaue he's dying as fascinating, I believe that 5 remaining episodes are not enough to go that deep into it. For how I see things, there are other matters on their way, I'm still waiting for Tsuruko and Poppo's own memories of that day, and the diary might be a key for at least one of them. Plus the group shall totally reunite (as of now it's kind of split in a 3+2) , figure the mistery, solve it and then have the final resolution.

As for me, I really don't think Jintan is suffering from some disease. His first nosebleed was probably due to his emotions taking control over him. When you get too tense/anxious/overwhelmed, things like that happen.

I really think they were just random nosebleeds to bring out Menma and Anaru's reactions. The first nosebleed was to show Menma's strong concern for others while the second one was for comedic purposes.

Looks like the writers are really pushing for Jintan and Anaru together.

For me, I just want more Tsuruko scenes ._.

Some coincidence huh...

Spoiler for Episode 7 Preview...:

...that very recent speculation has moved on to possible child abuse issues, and then this preview shows up hinting at Menma's "scary" dad. It would explain the awkward mood within the Honma household, though it's quite a deep issue to delve into with four episodes remaining.

Jintan doing a spot of part-time work? I know how it feels to be an unsociable geek in the world of part-time work (I'm still doing it XD just not in construction). And the JintanxAnaru shipping continues, it's great...

...however, I'm getting worried now that, with only four episodes to go, we still haven't seen Poppo or Tsuruko's sides of the story... o_o;;; We need more Tsuruko NOW! >.<

They seem to be talking about how scary Menma's dad is on the preview for episode 7.

Yeah, sort of. The two who talk are kid Yukiatsu and kid Tsuruko. Rough translation (I'm a bit unsure about the second part of the fourth line):

Y: Ahhhh, ojisan took the ball away.
T: That's why I kept telling you we should stop going to play at Menma's house...
Y: Menma's father is scary, isn't he? He doesn't look like Menma at all.
T: I wonder about it? For example the sight is a bit... (Me no atari to ka wa chotto...)
Y: They're not alike!
T: It's not something to be so concerned about...